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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Organization of this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Conventions Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 1: Introduction to QuickDAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Supported Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Licensing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Resolution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 2: Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3: Understanding the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Overview of the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
New Hpf Data File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Open Hpf Data File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Close Hpf Data File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Export Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
File Export Dialog for the Data Logger Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
File Export Dialog for the FFT Analyzer Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Save Current Plot Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Open Current Data in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Open Current Data in Excel Using the Data Logger Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Open Current Data in Excel Using the FFT Analyzer Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Load Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Save Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open Hpf Data Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open Export Data Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Page Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Print Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exit without saving current configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Edit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Record Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Plot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Toolbar Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Window Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Hiding a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Resetting the Window Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Acquisition Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Acquisition Config Window for the Data Logger Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Acquisition Config Window for the FFT Analyzer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Plot and Data Config Window for the Data Logger Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Plot and Data Config Window for the FFT Analyzer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting Up the Y-Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Y Axis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Zoom to Fit in View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Zoom to Fit All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting Up the X-Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
X Axis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Zoom to Fit All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Edit Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Pause Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Resume Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the Channel Plot Window Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tracking Resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tracking Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Axes Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Axes Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Zoom-Out All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Zoom-In All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Zoom All to Fit in View Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Link X Axes to Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Link Y Axes to Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Link Cursors to Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Zoom Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Data-Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Copy to Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Save Plot Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Page Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Show Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Show Data Point Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Zoom Options that Apply to the Current Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Scrolling Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Statistics in the Data Logger Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Statistics in the FFT Analyzer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Acquisition Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Acquisition Status Window When Using the Data Logger Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Acquisition Status Window When Using the FFT Analyzer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 4: Configuring Channels, Acquisition Settings, and Digital Filters . . . . . . 85
Configuring Channels of a Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Enabling Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Channel Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Input Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Ref/Resp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sensor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
mV/EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Enable Termination Resistor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support Thermocouples . . . . . . . . . 92
Sensor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support RTDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sensor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sensor Type Selections for MEASURpoint Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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Sensor Type Selections for the DT9829 and Other DT-Open Layers Devices 94
RTD R0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
A Coeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
B Coeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
C Coeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sensor Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support Thermistors . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
A Coeff, B Coeff, and C Coeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sensor Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sensor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Resistance Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sensor Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Enable Termination Resistor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Analog Input Channel Settings that Support IEPE Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Coupling Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Current Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
mV/EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
EU Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Analog Input Channel Settings for Devices that Support Strain Gages and Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Enable Shunt Resistor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Configuration and Calibration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Parameters for Full Bridge Based Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Parameters for Strain Gage Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parameters for Voltage Based Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Point # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Digital Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tachometer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Ticks/Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Max RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
RPM Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Max mSec/Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tach Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Counter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Max mSec/Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Start Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Stop Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Quadrature Decoder Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Engineering Unit (EU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Pulses/Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Clock Prescale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
X4 Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Index Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Applying and Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Configuring the Settings of the Recording Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Recording Tab When Using the Data Logger Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Recording Tab When Using the FFT Analyzer Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Configuring the Settings of the Acquisition Tab (Data Logger Interface Only) . . . . . . . . 127
Sampling Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Filter Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Temperature Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Single-Ended or Differential Channel Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Input Voltage Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Configuring the Settings of the Freq Tab (FFT Analyzer Interface Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Maximum Frequency to Analyze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
FFT Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Single-Ended or Differential Channel Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Input Voltage Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Temperature Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Filter Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Configuring the Settings of the Trigger Tab (FFT Analyzer Interface Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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Threshold Trigger Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Trigger Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Configuring the Settings of the Window Tab (FFT Analyzer Interface Only). . . . . . . . . . 137
Window Tab for the FFT Analysis Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Window Tab for the Advanced FFT Analysis Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Configuring the Settings of the Output Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Enabling Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Channel Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Peak Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Waveform Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fixed Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Signal Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Output Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Output Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Ramp Up Time and Ramp Down Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Sweep Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Sweep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Frequency Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Start and End Frequencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sweep On Time and Sweep Off Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ramp Up Time and Ramp Down Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Noise Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Noise Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Output Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Ramp Up Time and Ramp Down Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Output Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Repeat Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Start/Stop Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Muting and Unmuting the Output Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Configuring Digital Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Channels and Filter Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Filter Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Filter Category and Cutoff Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Filter Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
dB Ripple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Frequency Response Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Impulse Response Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Step Response Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Configuring the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Displaying Channels in the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Making All Selected Channels Visible or Hidden in the Channel Plot Window at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Showing or Hiding the Visible Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Moving the Visible Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Displaying Data Cursors in the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Making All Selected Data Cursors Visible or Hidden at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Showing or Hiding the Show Cursor Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Moving the Show Cursor Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Specifying the Columns of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Changing the Plot Column for All Selected Channels at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Showing or Hiding the Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Moving the Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Grouping Signals in Bands on the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Changing the Signal Group for All Selected Channels at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Showing or Hiding the Signal Group Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Moving the Signal Group Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Specifying the Trace Color on the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Showing or Hiding the Color Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Moving the Color Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Controlling How Data is Plotted in the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Specifying the Style of the Plots in the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Configuring the Appearance of the Channel Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Displaying Channels in the Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Making All Selected Channels Visible or Hidden in the Channel DisplayWindow at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Showing or Hiding the Visible Display Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Moving the Visible Display Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Controlling How Data is Displayed in the Channel Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Specifying the Style of the Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Configuring the Appearance of the Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Making Statistics for All Selected Channels Visible or Hidden in the Statistics Window at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Showing or Hiding the Visible Statistics Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Moving the Visible Statistics Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Chapter 6: Configuring the Display of the FFT Analyzer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Configuring the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Displaying Channels in the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Making All Selected Channels Visible or Hidden in the Channel Plot Window at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Showing or Hiding the Visible Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Moving the Visible Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Displaying Data Cursors in the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Making All Selected Data Cursors Visible or Hidden at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Showing or Hiding the Show Cursor Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Moving the Show Cursor Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Specifying the Plot Columns of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Changing the Plot Column for All Selected Channels at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Showing or Hiding the Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Moving the Plot Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Grouping Signals in Bands on the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Changing the Signal Group for All Selected Channels at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Showing or Hiding the Signal Group Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Moving the Signal Group Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Specifying the Trace Color on the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Showing or Hiding the Color Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Moving the Color Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Controlling How Data is Plotted in the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Specifying the Style of the Plots in the Channel Plot Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adding Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adding a Single Channel FFT Function to the Channel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adding a Two-Channel FFT Function to the Channel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Adding a Windowed Time Domain Channel to the List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Adding a Time Domain Channel to the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Removing Channels from the Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Configuring Parameters for a Single FFT Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Function Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Spectrum Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Integration Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Display Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Scaling Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Averaging Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Configuring Parameters for a Two-Channel FRF Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Function Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
FRF Estimator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Reference Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Display Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
FRF Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Scaling Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
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Averaging Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Configuring Parameters for a Two-Channel Cross Spectrum Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Function Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cross Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Reference Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Resp Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ref Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Display Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Scaling Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Averaging Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Configuring Parameters for a Two-Channel Coherence Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Function Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coherence Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Reference Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Scaling Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Averaging Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Configuring Statistics for FFT Plots Using the Stats Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Scrolling through FFTs for an Analog Input Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Configuring the Appearance of the Channel Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Displaying Channels in the Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Making All Selected Channels Visible or Hidden in the Channel Display Window at Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Showing or Hiding the Visible Display Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Moving the Visible Display Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Controlling How Data is Displayed in the Channel Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Specifying the Style of the Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Configuring the Appearance of the Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Displaying Channels in the Statistics Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Making All Selected Channels Visible or Hidden in the Statistics Windowat Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Showing or Hiding the Visible Statistics Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Moving the Visible Statistics Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Controlling How Data is Displayed in the Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Showing Dynamic Performance Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
IBF – Input Below Full-Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
THD – Total Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
SFDR – Spurious Free Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
SINAD – Signal-to-Noise and Distortion Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
SNR – Signal-to-Noise Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
ENOB – Effective Number of Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Showing Min/Max/Mean Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
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Chapter 7: Examples Using the Data Logger Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Example of Measuring Temperature and Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Configure the Parameters of the Acquisition Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Configure the Appearance of the Statistics Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Position the Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Start the Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Example of Monitoring an Analog Output Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Configure the Analog Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Configure the Analog Input Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Configure the Acquisition Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Configure the Appearance of the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Start the Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Chapter 8: Examples Using the FFT Analyzer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Acceleration Measurement Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Configure the Windowing Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Add FFTs Channel to the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Configure FFT Parameters to Analyze Acceleration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Configure Statistics to Analyze Acceleration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Start the Acceleration Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Perform Further Analysis of the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Impact Testing Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Configure the Windowing Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Add an FFT Channel to the Plot and Data Config Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Configure the FFT Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Add an FRF Channel to the Plot and Data Config Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Configure the FRF Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Add a Coherence Channel to the Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
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Configure the Coherence Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Start the Impact Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Add Another FRF Channel to the Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Configure the FRF Channel for Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Restart the Impact Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Strain Gage Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Start the Strain Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Export the Data to Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Bridge-Based Sensor Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Start the Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Export the Data to Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Free Run Swept Sine Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Configure the Windowing Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Configure the Analog Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Add FFT Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Configure the FFT Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Add FRF Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Configure the FRF Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Add Coherence Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Configure the Coherence Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Start the Simultaneous Swept Sine and Analog Input Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Triggered Burst Random Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Configure the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Configure the Windowing Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
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Configure the Analog Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Add FFT Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Configure the FFT Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Add FRF Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Configure the FRF Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Add Coherence Channels to the Plot and Data Config Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Configure the Coherence Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Configure the Appearance of the Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Start the Simultaneous Burst Random Output and Analog Input Operation . . . . . . 365
Example of Monitoring an Analog Output Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Configure the Analog Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Configure the Analog Input Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Configure the Windowing Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Configure the Appearance of the Statistics Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Start the Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Example of Using a Digital Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Configure the Input Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Configure the Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Configure the Frequency Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Configure the Trigger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Open the Digital Filter Configuration Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Start the Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Configure the Digital Filter Configuration Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Chapter 9: Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Appendix A: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
About this ManualThe manual describes the features of QuickDAQ, how to get started using QuickDAQ, and how to create a typical application to acquire and analyze data from a data acquisition device.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for engineers, scientists, technicians, or others responsible for acquiring and analyzing measurement data. It is assumed that you are familiar with the Windows operating environment, that you are familiar with measurement principles.
Organization of this Manual
This manual is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction to QuickDAQ,” provides an overview of the features of QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 2, “Quick Start,” describes how to install and start QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 3, “Understanding the Interface,” describes the basic elements of the Data Logger and FFT Analyzer interfaces of QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 4, “Configuring Channels, Acquisition Settings, and Digital Filters,” describes how to configure the channels and acquisition settings of a supported device using QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 5, “Configuring the Display of the Data Logger Interface,” describes how to configure the settings of the Channel Plot, Channel Display, and Statistics windows when using the Data Logger interface of QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 6, “Configuring the Display of the FFT Analyzer Interface,” describes how to configure the settings of the Channel Plot, Channel Display, and Statistics windows when using the FFT Analyzer interface of QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 7, “Examples Using the Data Logger Interface,” provides step-by-step instructions that you can follow to create applications when using the Data Logger interface of QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 8, “Examples Using the FFT Analyzer Interface,” provides step-by-step instructions that you can follow to create applications when using the FFT Analyzer interface of QuickDAQ.
• Chapter 9, “Support,” provides technical support information.
A glossary and index complete this manual.
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Conventions Used in this Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
• Notes provide useful information that requires special emphasis, cautions provide information to help you avoid losing data or damaging your equipment, and warnings provide information to help you avoid catastrophic damage to yourself or your equipment.
• Items that you select or type are shown in bold.
Related Information
This manual is intended to be used with the documentation for your data acquisition device.
Where to Get Help
Should you encounter problems installing or using QuickDAQ, the Data Translation Technical Support Department is available to provide technical assistance. Refer to Chapter 9 starting on page 385 for information on how to contact the Technical Support Department.
1Introduction to QuickDAQ
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Resolution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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FeaturesThree versions of QuickDAQ are available:
• QuickDAQ Base – This free-of-charge application allows you to perform the following functions:
− Discover and select your devices.
− Configure all input channel settings for the attached sensors.
− Load/save multiple hardware configurations.
− Generate output stimuli (fixed waveforms, swept sine waves, or noise signals).
− On each supported data acquisition device, acquire data from all channels supported in the input channel list.
− Choose to acquire data continuously or for a specified duration.
− Choose software or triggered acquisition.
− Log acquired data to disk in an .hpf file.
− Display acquired data during acquisition in either a digital display using the Channel Display window or as a waveform in the Channel Plot window.
− Choose linear or logarithmic scaling for the horizontal and vertical axes.
− View statistics about the acquired data, including the minimum, maximum, delta, and mean values, and the standard deviation in the Statistics window.
− Export time data to a .csv or .txt file; you can open the recorded data in Microsoft Excel® for further analysis.
− Read a previously recorded .hpf data file.
− Customize many aspects of the acquisition, display, and recording functions to suit your needs, including the acquisition duration, sampling frequency, trigger settings, filter type, and temperature units to use.
• QuickDAQ FFT Analysis Option – When enabled with a purchased license key, the FFT Analysis option includes all the features of the Base package plus these features:
− The ability to switch between the Data Logger time-based interface and the FFT Analyzer block/average-based interface.
− Supports software, freerun, or triggered acquisition with accept and reject controls for impact testing applications.
− Allows you to perform single-channel FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) operations, including AutoSpectrum, Spectrum, and Power Spectral Density, on the acquired analog input data. You can configure a number of parameters for the FFT, including the FFT size, windowing type, averaging type, integration type, and so on.
− Allows you to display frequency-domain data as amplitude or phase.
− Supports dB or linear scaling with RMS (root mean squared), peak, and peak-to-peak scaling options
− Supports linear or exponential averaging with RMS, vector, and peak hold averaging options.
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− Supports windowed time channels.
− Supports the following response window types: Hanning, Hamming, Bartlett, Blackman, Blackman Harris, and Flat top.
− Supports the ability to lock the waveform output to the analysis frame time.
− Allows you to configure and view dynamic performance statistics, including the input below full-scale (IBF), total harmonic distortion (THD), spurious free dynamic range (SFDR), signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SINAD), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and the effective number of bits (ENOB), for selected time-domain channels in the Statistics window.
− Supports digital IIR (infinite impulse response) filters.
• QuickDAQ Advanced FFT Analysis Option – When enabled with a purchased license key, this version includes all the features of the Base package with the FFT Analysis option plus these features:
− Allows you to designate a channel as a Reference or Response channel.
− Allows you to perform two-channel FFT analysis functions, including Frequency Response Functions (Inertance, Mobility, Compliance, Apparent Mass, Impedance, Dynamic Stiffness, or custom FRF) with H1, H2, or H3 estimator types, Cross-Spectrum, Cross Power Spectral Density, Coherence, and Coherent Output Power.
− Supports the Exponential response window type.
− Supports the following reference window types: Hanning, Hamming, Bartlett, Blackman, Blackman Harris, FlatTop, Exponential, Force, and Cosine Taper windows.
− Supports real, imaginary, and Nyquist display functions.
− Allows you to save data in the .uff file format.
Supported Devices
You can acquire and analyze data from a number of devices using QuickDAQ, including the following:
• All DT-Open Layers devices that support A/D streaming
• MEASURpoint instruments
• TEMPpoint instruments
• VOLTpoint instruments
• DT8824 and DT8824-HV instrument modules
• DT8837 instrument modules (analog input operations only)
Analog output operations are supported on devices that support D/A streaming. Single-value analog output operations are currently not supported.
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Modes of Operation
You can use QuickDAQ in one of two operation modes:
• Acquisition mode – Use this mode if you want to acquire data in the analog input stream and/or output an analog waveform. This mode requires use of at least one of the supported Data Translation devices; refer to page 18 for a list of supported devices.
• File reader mode – Use this mode if you want to view a previously recorded data file. Note that you cannot acquire new data using the File reader mode.
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Licensing RequirementsQuickDAQ includes a 14-day trial version of the FFT Analysis and Advanced FFT Analysis options. Once you start the software, you have 14 consecutive calendar days in which to try the features of the application.
To use the trial version, click Continue Evaluation.
Note: If you do not want to show the License Info dialog, select the Don’t show this dialog at startup checkbox. You can access the License Info dialog from the License Information... option of the Help menu.
When the 14-day trial period has elapsed, you can continue using the Base package, but the features of the FFT Analysis and Advanced FFT Analysis options are no longer available. The License Info dialog will no longer be shown.
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If you want to continue using the analysis features, you must purchase either the FFT Analysis license key or the Advanced FFT Analysis license key depending on the features that you require. See page 18 for the list of features that each option provides. To purchase a license, perform the following steps:
1. Click Purchase License. The appropriate Data Translation web page is displayed.
2. Purchase the license key for the analysis package that you want.
3. Click Enter License from the License Info dialog.The Enter License Key dialog is displayed.
4. If desired, you can copy the license key to the clipboard.
5. Enter the license key or paste the license key from the clipboard using the Paste from Clipboard button, and click Apply License and Continue.If the application was running when you entered the license key, the application will restart. Otherwise, the application continues with either the Device Selection dialog, if an existing configuration file is not found, or the main interface.
Note: If, after the trial period has expired, you try to load a configuration file that was saved with the FFT Analysis or Advanced FFT Analysis option, the configuration will not load and an error message will be generated.
If you have a license file for the FFT Analysis option but try to load a configuration file that was saved with the Advanced FFT Analysis option, the configuration will load but any FRF channels or other non-supported parameters will be missing.
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Resolution RequirementsA minimum vertical screen resolution of 768 is required for proper operation of QuickDAQ.
In addition, it is recommended that you set the default font size to 100%. To do this, select Control Panel, Display, and then choose Smaller (100%).
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2Quick Start
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Installing the SoftwareThe QuickDAQ software is installed automatically when you install the device driver for your hardware.
No other software installation is required.
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Getting StartedTo get started with QuickDAQ, follow these steps:
1. Connect a supported device to the network (Ethernet/LXI devices) or to the USB port of your computer (for USB devices), and connect your sensors to the device.
2. Start QuickDAQ.The Device Selection window appears.
Note: If you ran QuickDAQ before and the devices that were used are still present and are not acquiring data, the Device Selection window is bypassed. If the devices support password protection, you must supply the correct password before the application launches. Refer to the user’s manual for your device to determine the default password.
For devices that do not support password protection and that are currently acquiring data, a warning dialog box appears notifying you that another application is using the device. You cannot continue with QuickDAQ until the device is not acquiring data.
For devices that support password protection and that are currently acquiring data, the software alerts you that the device is acquiring data and gives you the option to abort acquisition and continue, or to cancel.
3. By default, the application "discovers" all devices that are available for the specified device family and displays their IP address (for Ethernet devices) or module name (for USB devices) in the drop-down list. If you want to refresh this list to determine if other devices are available, click Refresh.
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Notes: The Device Family dropdown shows only the interfaces that are installed on your system.
OpenLayersDevices is the Device Family name for all Open Layers modules.
MEASURpoint-USB is the Device Family name for the USB versions of MEASURpoint, TEMPpoint, and VOLTpoint instruments.
MEASURpoint-ENET is the Device Family name for all Ethernet versions of MEASURpoint, TEMPpoint, and VOLTpoint instruments.
DT8824 is the Device Family name for all DT8824 Series instrument modules.
DT8837 is the Device Family name for the DT8837 instrument module.
4. Select the IP address (for Ethernet devices) or module name (for USB devices) for the device that you want to use from the list of Available Devices, and click Add.Information about the device, including the board name, device ID, and driver version is displayed.
5. For Ethernet devices, if your supported device is not included in the list of available devices, but you want to manually connect to it, do the following:
a. Click Advanced.
b. Enter the IP address of the device that you want to connect to, and click OK. Information about the device, including the board ID, device ID, firmware version, driver version, and scanning status is displayed.
c. From the Device Selection window, click Add.
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d. If the device supports password protection, the Password Required dialog box appears:
e. If prompted, enter the password for the device. Refer to the user’s manual for your device to determine the default password. By default, the Mask password text box is checked so that you cannot read the password as it is being typed. If desired, you can uncheck this box, if desired. (Note that the software does not allow you to continue if you do not enter the appropriate password for the device.)
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Note: If the device that you want to add does not support password protection and the device is currently acquiring data, a warning dialog box appears notifying you that another application is using the device. You cannot continue with QuickDAQ until the device is not acquiring data.
If the device that you want to add supports password protection and the device is currently acquiring data, the software alerts you that the device is acquiring data and gives you the option to abort acquisition and continue, or to cancel.
6. (Recommended) If you want to rename your device, do the following:
a. Click the Row Selector button for the device.
b. Click the IP address or module name in the Name column to highlight it and enter a meaningful name to represent each available device.
7. (Optional) If you want to remove a device from list of selected devices, click the Row Selector button for the device, and then click Remove.
8. Once you have added all the devices that you want to use with the application, click OK. The latest state is saved and used when the application is next run, and the QuickDAQ interface is displayed.
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9. Configure the input channels of the device. (See page 86.)
10. If you are using the FFT Analysis option or Advanced FFT Analysis option, choose either the Data Logger or FFT Analyzer interface mode. (See page 48).The Base package provides the Data Logger interface mode only.
11. If you are using the Data Logger interface mode, perform these steps:
a. Configure the recording settings of the device using the Recording tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 121.)
b. Configure the frequency settings of the device using the Freq tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 127.)
c. If you are using analog output channels, configure the parameters of the Output tab in the Acquisition Config window. (See page 140.)
d. Set up the parameters of the Channel Plot, Channel Display, and/or Statistics windows. (See Chapter 5 starting on page 169.)
12. If you are using the FFT Analyzer interface mode, perform these steps:
a. Configure the recording settings of the device using the Recording tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 124.)
b. Configure the frequency settings of the device using the Freq tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 130.)
c. Configure the trigger parameters of the device using the Trigger tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 133.)
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d. Configure the window functions for FFT channels using the Window tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 137.)
e. If you are using analog output channels, configure the parameters of the Output tab of the Acquisition Config window. (See page 140.)
f. If you are using digital filters, configure the digital filter settings. (See page 164.)
g. Set up the parameters of the Channel Plot, Channel Display, and/or Statistics windows. (See Chapter 6 starting on page 191.)
13. To start acquisition without logging th data, click the Record menu and then click View, click the View toolbar button ( ), or hold down the Alt key and press the F5 key.The results are displayed in the Channel Plot window and in the Channel Display window.
3Understanding the Interface
Overview of the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Toolbar Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Window Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Acquisition Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Plot and Data Config Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Channel Plot Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Channel Display Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Acquisition Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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Toolbar Butt
Overview of the InterfaceThe Base package of QuickDAQ provides a Data Logger interface, shown in Figure 1.
If you using the FFT Analysis option or Advanced FFT Analysis option, you can choose either the Data Logger or FFT Analyzer interface using the Mode menu. Figure 2 shows the FFT Analyzer interface of QuickDAQ.
Both interface modes include menus, toolbar buttons, a configuration area, which includes the Acquisition Config window and the Plot and Data Config window, a display area, which includes the Channel Display window, Channel Plot window, and Statistics window, and the Acquisition Status window.
Figure 1: Data Logger Interface of QuickDAQ
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Configuration Area
Display Area
Acquisition Status Window
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Toolbar B
Figure 2: FFT Analyzer Interface of QuickDAQ
This chapter describes the features of both interface modes of QuickDAQ.
Note: You can customize the look of the interface, as desired. However, if you want to revert to the default layout, select Windows from the list of menus and select Reset Window Layout to Default Layout.
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Configuration Area
Display Area
Acquisition Status Window
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MenusQuickDAQ provides the following menus: File, Edit, Record, Plot, Configuration, Windows, Mode, and Help.
File Menu
This section describes the options provided in the File menu.
New Hpf Data File
When you click the New Hpf Data File option of the File menu or click the New HPF Data File toolbar button , you can create a new (empty) data file for use with QuickDAQ. You can name and save the data file, as desired. The format of this file is High Performance binary (.hpf).
By default, the data file is stored in the following location:
For Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8:C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Data Translation\QuickDAQ\Data
For Windows XP:C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Data Translation\QuickDAQ\Data
Note: To see the AppData folder, ensure that you set your view options to show hidden files. For example, in Windows 7, select Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Folder Options, select the View tab, and then select the Show hidden files, folders, and drives checkbox. Consult the documentation for your operating system for more information.
Open Hpf Data File
When you click the Open Hpf Data File option of the File menu or click the Open HPF Data File toolbar button , you can open an .hpf data file that was created using QuickDAQ.
A sample data file, called QuickDAQ Data.hpf, is provided, by default, in the following location:
For Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8:C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Data Translation\QuickDAQ\Data
For Windows XP:C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Data Translation\QuickDAQ\Data
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Close Hpf Data File
The Close Hpf Data File option closes an opened data file (.hpf), restoring the previous state of QuickDAQ.
Export Data
When you click the Export Data menu option from the File menu, or click the Export Data toolbar button , the File Export dialog appears. This dialog is different for each interface mode.
File Export Dialog for the Data Logger Interface
The File Export dialog for the Data Logger interface is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: File Export Dialog for the Data Logger Interface
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Configure this dialog as follows:
1. Under the Channels to Save area of the dialog, you can select whether to save the data from all channels or only those that are visible in the Channel Plot window or Channel Display window.
To save data from all channels, select All channels.
To save data from only the visible channels, select Visible channels only.
2. Under the Data Options area of the dialog, select which data to save.
You can save all scans by selecting Save all data, or save a subset of scans by selecting Save range of scans and entering the first scan and the last scan to save.
3. Under the Output File Format area of the dialog, select the file format to use when exporting the data:
− Tab Delimited Text (.txt) – This file format is used by a number of applications, including Microsoft Excel.
− Comma Delimited Text (.csv) – This file format is used by a number of applications, including Microsoft Excel.
Note: In tab delimited text (.txt) files, the time column shows the relative time in seconds of when the sample was acquired.
In comma delimited text (.csv) files, the time column shows the Excel time, where the number represents the number of days since 1900-Jan-0, plus a fractional portion of a 24 hour day. If you chose to display data as absolute time, then the first sample represents the start time of the acquisition. If you chose to display data in relative time, then the first sample represents time 0. Within Excel, you can format this column to use a more meaningful time option if you wish by right-clicking the selected column, choosing Format Cells, choosing Time, and selecting the option you want to use.
4. Under the Time Column Format area of the dialog, choose one of the following options for expressing the time corresponding to the data:
− Seconds
− milliSeconds
− microSeconds
− Time String
− Excel Time Format
− Sample Number
If you wish, you can export information about the statistics that correspond to the saved data, by selecting the Include statistics checkbox.
You can also export information about the device and channels that correspond to the saved data by selecting the Include device and channel info checkbox.
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5. Under Filename generation, specify how to create the name of the file. You can choose one of the following options:
− Filename – The specified filename is created when you click the Export button. Each time you click the Export button, you will be prompted to overwrite the file. SavedRange.uff is an example of a filename that was created using the Filename option.
− Filename-Sequence – The specified filename is created and a starting n
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